Stand by Me

In the music video, I saw that the director used many different types of rhetoric in this case it was speaking or singing to get his message across. What he did was use many different individuals across the globe to sing the song Stand by Me.

His message was right in the song and where we shot it music video. No matter where you are in the world no matter who you are you will always need someone to help out or to be by your side. My making this video it even goes deeper into the mind of the director, because it shows that he even needs help or someone to stand by him while he made this video which took him 10 years to make.

Also, while watching this video it was very clear he wanted to use a very diverse group of people all over the world to show that it’s not just one person or a group of people, but everyone. In addition, making sure that it was all shot on the street and not one a set speaks that he wants to show it’s not about the money or where you’re at, but the message he is trying to deliver.   

To be quite honest I can’t pick just one image that impacted me the most because they all hit me pretty hard with the message and what they were doing with all the different type of voices and instruments. I think from this everyone needs to think as much as you think you can do everything on your own however, in reality you do need someone to help you out along the way whether it be now or latter on down the road.

King, Ben E. “Stand By Me | Song Around the World.” Playing for Change, playingforchange.com/videos/stand-by-me-song-around-the-world/.

Good vs Evil

In the easy Violent Media is Good for Kids, Jones attempts to persuade the viewers from his own personal experience that letting children read and play violent video games can help them overcome fears in their everyday lives. However, I believe that exposing kids through too much violence will cause them to go out into the real world, and cause real harm to others in the world.

Jones uses his on personal experience to relate to children that are having the same issues as him with violence and rage. "Suddenly I had a fantasy self to carry my stifled rage and buried desire for power" (64). The only problem with this stamen is that he uses his personal experience and doesn't back it up with any factually information. Showing that reading violent comic books may have helped him, but it may not help everyone else it could make it worse for all we know.

Next, Jones try's and uses someone to show that violent comics can help people out in a time of need. Instead of himself thus time he uses his son's personal experience. His son had a problem overcoming a fear of climbing trees, because of the sharp limbs and of falling. However, Jones read his son the old comic Trazan and after that we put aside his fear and started climbing the tree (65). Again, the problem I see with this example that he uses is that it might have been successful for his child it might not be for some others. I would agree with his information if he had some source of data to back him up on that the fact of reading violent comic books is good for children then I would agree, but again he only used a personal experience. With this I can also see the issue of kids being exposed to this type of violence to early and actually want to go into the real world and hurt others.

For example, look at what just happened in the news down in Florida a long boy who was only 19 years of age when in a school and decided to open fire with others unarmed. With the media has said the cause of this was the exposure of violent games and books that the 19-year-old was sounding himself with.

Following up with what Jones has to say he even says himself "I think it has helped inspire some people to real-life violence" (67). Well if you believe that then why are you exposing your child to this type of violence so early? At that young of age to much exposure can lead to these mass shootings. Kids today read and play violent games knowing nothing will happen to them, but when they do it in the real world it’s a whole different issue. It’s not about trying to get your rage and power out its about protecting others from that type of violence.

Work cited

Jones, Gerard. "Violent Media is Good for Kids.” Practical Argument, 3rd ed., edited by Laurie G. Kirszner and Stephen R. Mandell. Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2017, pp. 64–67.











Is college a wast of time

When reading I can see that the thesis statement is in the last sentence in the first paragraph. The writer believes that higher education is bad. I know this because latter on in the reading I have some evidence to back up what the writer is thinking and his facts to back it up. for example in paragraph 3 he states that failing is a punishment while it should be used as a learning curve. Also another pice of evidence I found was in paragraph 4 talking about the expense of college and how the money for college has gone up 3.6 times higher in just the past 30 years.  When reading I believe that the refutation of opposing argument is in paragraph 9 because he sates that "of course some people want a formal education" and that just show that their is more than just one side to all of this. Lastly the conclusion is in the last paragraph tying everything together and restating what he had said in the beginning.

In this essay I think the writer is using Logos and Pathos. For me the Logos part is shown in paragraph 3 when he is talking about the cost of college. He or she show multiple times facts about how the cost of college has gone up in the past 30 years. Now for Pathos I can see throughout the essay that he is showing his side and is putting a lot of emotion and bias into it. I can mainly see in paragraph 3. He or she is showing their side and really not staying any facts just what they might think about failing at the college level while others might think differently.

Russia Probe

In the first video I could see that the person defending the president was using Pathos. I know this because in the video she stated that "The issue was going to be closed up soon." However, latter in the video the man caught her because she had no facts to back up that the issue was going to be resolved soon. She was using her judgment and since she works for the president thats what she believes even though she has no facts to back up here statement.



What I witnessed in second video was a little bit of Logos and a little bit of Pathos. With Logos she started out by stating the fats on how us as American tax payer's are wasting our money on this when it shouldn't have happened in first place as many thought. She also said that it is important and should be investigated and it should. However, you could easily see that she was using Pathos as well. In the video she stated that " Every crook should step forward and take the punishment." Also you could see she had a lot of emotion tied into this and felt very wrong about this topic which is okay, but you sometimes can't let the emotional side get in the way of the facts.

CNN did a great job using Logos. They stated the facts that they had either received or did their research on and really didn't tie their emotions into this. They kinda stayed in the middle of the road and just sated the evidence to the people watching and letting them decide on what they think. You can also say that this video was Ethos as well. I know this because CNN has been a trusty source in the past and I know wherever they get their facts they will make sure they are true and not manipulated.

Now in the last video I saw both Logos and Ethos just like in the third video. I can tell Ethos is being used because I know that the news teams has a lot of creditable and would make sure that where they got their information was true. Then, I know its logos because they have emails and have spoken to sources that can backup what they said.  

About me

For me I have had an up and down life the past 2 years. Coming out of high school I thought I was on top of the world. I had a college  scholarship to play baseball down in Florida, I had an amazing relationship with my high school sweet heart, and I was on top of the world. Then, when it was time to head down for college, I had a real tuff time with being away from home for the first time and missing my girlfriend. As the months went along it had gotten worse. I wasn't playing as much as I wanted too and my dad became very ill. After the year was over I decided to hangup baseball and just focus on my school and my relationship. I thought it would all work out but it didn't. Me and my girlfriend split, and I was a mess and didn't know what to do. However, I got into GGC and started getting my life back on track and I was turning into my old self sand happy.